A cold dark winter...

There's a thread on CA with some helpful tips.

Do we need to stock up on toilet rolls?

For internet during the blackout .... my router is 12v and I have ran it before, during storm associated power fails, on a 12 motorbike battery. I have one on standby wired with a modem power input plug.

Forget candles. Rechargeable LED lamps are good for anything from seven to twelve hours and, at 1000 lumens, two will light a large room sufficiently to read by them. Cheap to buy, cheap to fuel and safe while giving superior lighting.

Will Eamon Ryan let you burn turf ?

Are they torches or like a lamp?

Thinking of getting an off grid 12v DC to 230 V pure sine wave inverter. Nothing huge, 1000w would be very useful. I have a few spare car batteries plus cars that are off the road that run fine.

I think I could power my kerosene boiler and central heating pump as well as plug in lights, TV, broadband, laptop etc for a considerable period using a car with a full fuel tank.

Not sure why you quoted me or what it has to do with candles or LED lanterns. A freezer is good for many hours if kept closed - no different to when there are scheduled electricity outages for maintenance or new connections on the line.

And how do you suggest the average house is lit if there's a power cut?

You can get 360 degree camping lights. These give up to 30hrs+ of light and you recharge them from a power bank or when power comes back on.

Oh right sorry I didn’t read back through the whole lot.

The camping lanterns are a great option I think and relatively cheap- for the moment.

Just on the internet thing- if there’s managed blackouts whole circuits will be dropped back at the substations. This will knock off internet provider cabinets plus towers if they are on the circuits getting knocked off.

I was looking at those , do you mean table lamps?

Just an example

LE Rechargeable Camping Lantern, 1000 Lumen Camping Lights, 4 Modes Emergency Light with 4400mAh Power Bank, Water Resistant Tent Light for Camping, Hiking, Fishing, Power Cuts and More : Amazon.co.uk: Lighting

I have bought LE camping lights before. Decent quality.

Bought a couple of similar. Cheers

Never mind that, is it time to crack open each other’s heads and feast on the goo inside ? 😄